The Smugglers Cottage, Paternoster

06/02/2026

Your amazing reviews gave us this award. 🎉

Thank you, with love, the Smugglers' Team.

20/02/2024

Here’s a handy little list for your next visit to Paternoster.

Discover Paternoster's best dining spots in our top 25 restaurants guide. Coastal flavours await your palate.

28/08/2023

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11/08/2023

They are pet friendly! 🐾

So you brought your furkid/s along for the trip to search for the wild flowers in Paternoster and now looking for somewhere to relax and unwind with them???

Come have a bite, beer, wine, doggie treat, whatever makes you happy with us at the Brewery this weekend.
We are totally pet-friendly and love having your furry loved ones visit us!

P.S. This is our MD's fluffy pooch, Ollie in this pic...he is often found wondering the Brewery and harassing poor Vloei our cat...but besides all that, isn't he just the cutest??!?

21/07/2023

Flower season 2023 is around the corner! Have you started planning your wildflower safari yet?

Oudepost Private Wildflower Reserve, another must visit on your wildflower safari.

The private nature reserve located on Oudepost Farm off the R307, approximately three (3)km south of Darling and is open to the public during August and September each year. Oudepost is also home to the the world famous Duckitt Orchid Nursery.

The private wildflower reserve is a sanctuary for endangered Swartland Granite Renosterveld and season vleiland is home to a great diversity of flowering plants such as Drosera cistiflora (Snotrosie), Ixia maculata (Kallossie), endemic Geissorhiza radians (Kelkiewyn sysie) and near threatened Dispersis cucullata (Witch Orchid) which are just some of the many species that can be seen at Oudepost.

The Duckitt Orchid Nursery is open to the public on the first Saturday of the months May-Nov, from 9am-12pm and in itself is worth a day trip to Darling.

Photograph: Wilfred Duckitt of Oudepost Farm

12/07/2023

Oh happy days!!! 🍻🍺🍻

YES…it’s happening!!

20/05/2023

Yet another reason to visit our pretty little village! Well done Paternoster Wine & Tasting Lounge! 🍷🍶🏖️

Over 80 South African restaurants and bars earned their seat amongst the world's finest, including Chef Siba's Mtongana's Siba.

10/04/2023

The view of our pretty little village from our pool.

27/03/2023

Have you been horseback riding on Paternoster beach?
An. Absolute. Must. Do.

19/03/2023

Have you had the opportunity to admire some of our unique art pieces by You will see plenty more of his amazing pieces at the Art Shed at the Wharf in Paternoster.

17/03/2023

Some awesome talent on their way to Paternoster in the next few weeks. Don’t delay, book your seats now!